From: Ernst Herzberg <earny@net4u.de>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.0 under vmware ?
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:21:30 +0100
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On Montag, 5. Januar 2004 11:06, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have problems running 2.6.0 under vmware (4.02 and 4.05). I did a
> basic debian/sid install, then installed various 2.6.0 kernel images
> (with or without initrd, from debian (-test9 and -test11) or self-made
> (stock 2.6.0).
> They all make /sbin/init (from sysvinit 2.85) segfault at a particular
> address (I haven't yet recompiled it with -g to see where, but a
> dissassembly shows it's a "ret").
> I try booting to /bin/sh from the initrd, and there I can play with the
> shell, mount the alternate root, play with commands there, and then exec
> /sbin/init, but it segfaults at the same point.
>
> Has anyone managed to make a basic debian with 2.6 work under vmware ?
> Has anyone managed to make another distro with 2.6 work under vmware ?

Same problem here. Tried gentoo with 2.6.0 and 2.6.1-rc1: /sbin/init will 
segfault. Testet vmware on a Dual PIII 2.4.23-pre3 and a Athlon XP with 
2.6.1-rc1.

Earny


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